Shorten talks down Libs commission

Bill Shorten has talked down the prospect of a future Labor government setting up a royal commission which targets the Liberals.

Opposition frontbencher Kim Carr says a future Labor government is under "incredible pressure" to respond to the precedent Prime Minister Tony Abbott has set in pursuing two royal commissions into Labor-related issues.

"If I and Labor were privileged to form a government, we would elevate the standards," Mr Shorten told reporters in Melbourne on Friday.